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Table of Contents
A Note on the Writing of this Book
What Makes It Gross?
Gross Quiz!
The Miracle of Birth
The Stream of Life
Animals!
Breaking the Wind
Monsters!
Everyone Poops
It’s a Gross Job, But I Don’t Want to Do It!
Toilets!
Putting Your Best Food Forward
Sewers!
Gross Anatomy
It’s a Gross World, After All!
The Skin You’re In
Food, Drink, and Other Harmless Hazards
Kicking the Bucket
Epilogue
Bibliography